Comments on: Urban Sustainability and the New Architecture for the 21st Century http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/2010/03/urban-sustainability-and-the-new-architecture-for-the-21st-century/ American Coffee House: A virtual meeting place Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lorella Brocklesby http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/2010/03/urban-sustainability-and-the-new-architecture-for-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-308 Lorella Brocklesby Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:20:41 +0000 http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/?p=826#comment-308 Sorry I can't get to the meeting as I will be teaching that evening. However, I did want to add a thought about Urban sustainability and the environment and to suggest that if Fellows have time they read John Evelyn's remarkable "Fumifugium" which was dedicated to King Charles II. It is an extraordinary 17th century document and although interspersed with rather arcane classical allusions, nevertheless propounds Evelyn's ideas for a more healthy London environment ranging from palace to workplace. He suggests eliminating the noxious fumes and city pollution by planting abundant flower beds along the marshy banks of the Thames, explains how pollution is affecting the health of Londoners, and offers some further ideas for a green 17th century environment. Certainly he puts our own ideas about sustainability and environment into historical perspective... notwithstanding that he is writing before the impact of the industrial revolution ! Sorry I can’t get to the meeting as I will be teaching that evening.

However, I did want to add a thought about Urban sustainability and the environment and to suggest that if Fellows have time they read John Evelyn’s remarkable “Fumifugium” which was dedicated to King Charles II. It is an extraordinary 17th century document and although interspersed with rather arcane classical allusions, nevertheless propounds Evelyn’s ideas for a more healthy London environment ranging from palace to workplace. He suggests eliminating the noxious fumes and city pollution by planting abundant flower beds along the marshy banks of the Thames, explains how pollution is affecting the health of Londoners, and offers some further ideas for a green 17th century environment.
Certainly he puts our own ideas about sustainability and environment into historical perspective…
notwithstanding that he is writing before the impact of the industrial revolution !

]]> By: Robin Thompson FRSA http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/2010/03/urban-sustainability-and-the-new-architecture-for-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Robin Thompson FRSA Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:40:55 +0000 http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/?p=826#comment-306 Looks like we will have an interesting turnout for tomorrow evening....including Nikhil Chandavarkar our speaker in February; an FRSA recently transferred to UNESCO here in NY from London who has just returned from a visit to Africa; and two architects both involved in Green initiatives. If you decide to come, please e-mail me in advance at robin.thompson@landor.com. Robin at 212 614 3906 Looks like we will have an interesting turnout for tomorrow evening….including Nikhil Chandavarkar our speaker in February; an FRSA recently transferred to UNESCO here in NY from London who has just returned from a visit to Africa; and two architects both involved in Green initiatives.

If you decide to come, please e-mail me in advance at robin.thompson@landor.com.

Robin at 212 614 3906

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